by - October 17, 2016 6:02 pm
Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge announced Monday (Oct. 17) she would seek a second term as attorney general in 2018 and that she has raised $71,850 for the effort. Rutledge,…
by - October 17, 2016 1:33 pm
A new national study shows the number of Hispanic-owned business has grown 27.5% since 2012, double the growth rate of all businesses in the U.S. In Arkansas, there are 10,617…
by - October 17, 2016 10:21 am
The University of Arkansas will continue cleaning up a deactivated nuclear reactor test site located 20 miles southwest of Fayetteville, with the help of a $10.5 million U.S. Department of…
by - October 14, 2016 6:04 pm
Arkansas State University’s College of Business held it’s annual banquet Thursday night, and in attendance was Charles and Kay Luter. The college was prepared to name him the college’s “Business…
by - October 14, 2016 6:00 pm
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is set to launch a new public-private investment fund, under the USDA’s Rural Business Investment Program, RBIP. The McLarty Capital Partners will invest up to…
by - October 14, 2016 3:44 pm
The interventional cardiology team at Northwest Medical Center — Springdale recently became the first in Arkansas to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment option that dissolves over…
by - October 14, 2016 2:58 pm
The office of Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson has announced the following appointments. Lloyd Freeman Wish, Clarksville, to the Academic Facilities Review Board. Appointment expires Aug. 6, 2019. Replaces Sandra Porter….
by - October 14, 2016 1:42 pm
Richard Turnage, M.D., has been promoted to CEO of UAMS Medical Center and vice chancellor for clinical programs for the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences (UAMS). Townsend, who has worked…
by - October 14, 2016 6:32 am
Annetta Tirey has been named as the new executive director of development for the NorthWest Arkansas Community College Foundation in Bentonville. Steven Hinds, executive director of public relations and marketing,…
by - October 13, 2016 5:28 pm
Little River Bancshares Inc., parent company of Little River Bank in Lepanto, will be acquired later this year by First Community Bancshares Inc. of Batesville. The First Community board of…
by - October 13, 2016 1:47 pm
University of Arkansas researchers and collaborators will use a $1.4 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to study the origin of Leigh’s disease, a rare and incurable disease…
by - October 13, 2016 12:22 pm
NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville continues to foster domestic violence prevention by helping to sponsor the Northwest Arkansas Women’s Shelter Silent Witness Project through the Benton County Domestic Violence…
by - October 12, 2016 10:46 pm
Walmart U.S. typically pays its store workers an hourly wage, but those managerial positions which are salary will be raised above the new federal guidelines to $48,000 from $45,000, according…
by - October 12, 2016 2:57 pm
Little Rock grid operator Southwest Power Pool’s (SPP) recently said wholesale electricity markets have reduced the cost of electricity by more than $1 billion since 2014 across the regional transmission…
by - October 11, 2016 5:22 pm
The Early Childhood Initiatives Center and Northwest Health formed a partnership to provide first aid/CPR training and certification to the 5,000 early childhood professionals in Northwest Arkansas. Thue training will…
by - October 10, 2016 5:00 pm
Tyson Foods has taken a 5% ownership stake in plant-based protein company Beyond Meat based in El Segundo, Calif., joining The Human Society of United States and Bill Gates who…
by - October 9, 2016 12:24 pm
The Arts Center of the Ozarks in Springdale has tapped Jenni Taylor Swain, former vice president of programming for the Walton Arts Center, as executive/artistic director. Taylor Swain confirmed she…
by - October 7, 2016 1:30 pm
A “powerfully convincing” class-action lawsuit has led a New York-based analyst to change Tyson Foods Inc.’s stock rating to “sell” amid allegations of a broiler price-fixing conspiracy. On Friday (Oct….
by - October 6, 2016 5:00 pm
Black Hills Corporation Foundation will give $105,000 to help fund NorthWest Arkansas Community College’s planned Springdale campus, the foundation announced Thursday (Oct. 6) at an event in the Shewmaker Center…
by - October 5, 2016 5:11 pm
Wal-Mart Stores, through its subsidiary Newheight Holdings Ltd., doubled down on its stake in JD.com, a Chinese e-commerce retailer second in market share to Alibaba. A Wednesday (Oct. 5) federal…
